Join the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability community for the unveiling of new artwork commemorating the Woods Institute for the Environment’s 20th anniversary, followed by lunch, comments from the school’s inaugural visiting artist Mark Baugh-Sasaki, and a panel discussion about interactions of the creative and scientific process. Pre-registration is required to attend.

10:45am | Art Installation Unveiling | Huang/Y2E2 connecting terrace, 2nd floor
11:00am - 1:00pm | Lunch and Panel Discussion with Artist | Mackenzie Room, Huang, 3rd floor

This event has past.  Please view the event recording on the Woods Institute YouTube channel here.  

Please contact Celia Price at cgprice@stanford.edu if you have questions.

Event Information

In 2024 the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford’s Office of the Vice President for the Arts invited the first visiting artist for sustainability at Stanford, in recognition that addressing sustainability challenges will require multidisciplinary efforts. Bay Area sculptor and installation artist Mark Baugh-Sasaki, a Stanford alum, was selected to collaborate with scientists funded by the Woods Institute to explore how ocean sediment cores can inform ocean restoration. The research project, part of the Institute’s flagship Environmental Ventures Project (EVP) program, brought Baugh-Sasaki together with EVP team members who are examining sedimentary evidence of an ocean environment before Antarctic whaling fuelled one of the largest ever removals of animal biomass from an ecosystem.

The artwork highlighting ocean restoration will be unveiled on the 20th anniversary of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Baugh-Sasaki will talk more about the collaboration in comments following the artwork’s unveiling, followed by a panel discussion with EVP team member Mehr Kumar and other Stanford artists and scientists. They will explore the similarities and differences between art and science research; the impact an artists' approach can have on scientific methodologies and communications; the impact scientific research can have on an artist's practice; and why multiple perspectives and vantage points are necessary for future solutions.

Speakers

Welcome

Scott Fendorf, Senior Associate Dean for Integrative Initiatives

Panel Discussion

Mark Baugh-Sasaki (M.F.A. ‘17), Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Inaugural Visiting Artist

Hideo Mabuchi, Professor of Applied Physics (H&S) and Denning Family Director, Stanford Arts Institute

Mehr Kumar (B.A.,B.S ‘20), Research Scientist, Hopkins Research Station (SDSS)

Rob Jackson, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Provostial Professor, Earth System Science (SDSS)

Moderator: Kim Beil, Stanford art historian, lecturer and ITALIC associate director

This event is sponsored by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. If you have questions about the event, please contact woods-events@stanford.edu.